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<hw>Ex*plo"sive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> one of consonants <i>p</i>, <i>b</i>, <i>t</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>k</i>, <i>g</i>, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. <note>[See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &root; 155-7, 184.]</note></def>

<h1>Explosively</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*plo"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an explosive manner.</def>

<h1>Expoliation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*po`li*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Exspoliation</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Expolish</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pol"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>expolire</ets>. See <er>Polish</er>.]</ety> <def>To polish thoroughly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Expone</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>exponen</ets>. See <er>Expound</er>.]</ety> <def>To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scotch]</mark>

<i>Drummond.</i>

<h1>Exponent</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*po"nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exponens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>exponere</ets> to put out, set forth, expose. See <er>Expound</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated</def>; <note>thus <it>a</it><exp>2</exp> denotes the second power, and <it>a</it><exp>n</exp> the <it>x</it>th power, of <it>a</it> (2 and x being the <i>exponents</i>). A fractional <i>exponent</i>, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, <it>a</it><exp><frac13/</exp> denotes the third or cube root of <it>a</it>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; <as>as, the leader of a party is the <ex>exponent</ex> of its principles</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Exponent of a ratio</col>, <cd>the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the <i>exponent<i> of the ratio of 30 to 5. <mark>[R.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Exponential</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`po*nen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exponentiel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; <as>as, an <ex>exponential</ex> expression; <ex>exponential</ex> calculus; an <ex>exponential</ex> function.</as></def>

<cs><col>Exponential curve</col>, <cd>a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation.</cd> -- <col>Exponential equation</col>, <cd>an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent.</cd> -- <col>Exponential quantity</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a quantity whose exponent is unknown or variable, as <it>a<it><exp>x</exp>.</cd> -- <col>Exponential series</col>, <cd>a series derived from the development of exponential equations or quantities.</cd></cs>

<h1>Export</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*port"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exported</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exporting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exportare</ets>, <ets>exportatum</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out+<ets>portare</ets> to carry : cf. F. <ets>exporter</ets>. See <er>Port</er> demeanor.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry away; to remove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> <b>export</b> honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of <i>import</i>; <as>as, to <ex>export</ex> grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Export</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"port</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exporting; exportation; <as>as, to prohibit the <ex>export</ex> of wheat or tobacco</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, <i>exports</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their <b>exports</b> and imports. <i>A. Smith.</i></blockquote>